- Delapsed
- Delapse De*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall
down; de- + labi to fall or side.]
To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.